Resilience Reconnaissance Observation Report by EERI and CIGIDEN

January 14-18, 2017 , EERI teamed up with Centro Nacional de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales (CIGIDEN) of Santiago, Chile to offer the first ever Learning from Earthquakes Travel Study Program. Sixteen graduate students and young professionals accompanied by four expert mentors engaged in a variety of interactive learning activities including field data collection, tours of research and operational facilities, and visits to locations impacted by recent earthquakes in Chile.

The LFE Travel Study Program is an initiative of EERI to conduct field study trips to earthquake affected regions around the world that offer members a unique opportunity to learn directly from local experts in the field, facilitating international knowledge transfer. Field study trips also help participants understand the role and importance of EERI reconnaissance activities and inspire them to become future leaders in the field of earthquake engineering and earthquake risk reduction. For more information about the LFE Travel Study Program visit here.

For the resilience reconnaissance observations activity, participants were divided into four-member teams to study resilience of housing, schools, healthcare facilities, and businesses in Chile. During the five-day program participants interviewed local residents, business owners, healthcare providers, engineers, government service workers, students, parents, and professors from universities and then documented their observations in the reports found below.

Resilience Reconnaissance Observation ReportEERI teamed up with CIGIDEN in January 2017 which involved sixteen participants that were divided into four-member teams to study resilience of housing, schools, healthcare facilities, and businesses in Chile.

Tsunami Resilience Observation Report
EERI teamed up with CIGIDEN in January 2017 which involved sixteen participants that were divided into four-member teams to assess the evacuation plan of the city of Viña del Mar by identifying obstacles that may hinder an evacuation process in the event of a tsunami warning.